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Albert Ellis Quotes: I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.
         

I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.


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There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.



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The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.



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If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything.



By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.



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Stop shoulding on yourself



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Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.



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The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.



The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.

The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.





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We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed it and we will then have the life experience we deserve.

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